one of the classics (1 Viewer)

Dropped in at lunchtime to admire the original lithograph of the attached, currently on the wall at Sotherans off Piccadilly

http://www.sotherans.co.uk/Prints/gould/britain.php?stk=49011

It must be oooh nearly 40 years since I first attempted to trace and paint it from a crumpled print using greaseproof paper nicked from the kitchen at home...and I never did crack the subtlety of the colour behind the barring or the faraway look in its eyes.

Sadly £2,450 is not typo for £24.50...

Nice link Ed. 'Thorburn's Birds' was my guide and inspiration - and the book wasn't mine, either! My elder bro (Stephen) had it as a Birthday pressie and I laid claim to it for artistic purposes. The gouged indentations of my coarse tracing is blatantly evident on, particularly, the golden eagle/hare plate, but many others too. I couldn't even follow the b100dy outlines. Then, nor now.